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Stallman is a commie crackpot and everybody knows it. No respectable business person of note takes him seriously. You can't have Falstaff, and have him thin.
by Allocator2008 18y ago
Stallman is a commie crackpot and everybody knows it. No respectable business person of note takes him seriously.
You can't have Falstaff, and have him thin.
Meaning, you can't have superior computing power like the "cloud" provides and expect to retain total transparency/privacy. Something has to give. I think it is inevitable in the long run that business will decide that the help to their bottom line that the cheap resources of the "cloud" provides offsets any theoretical leftist concern about transparency, privacy, etc.
Asking everyone to do their own computing is like going back to an agrarian culture where everyone grows their own food. Seem to recall Pol-Pot tried that, and I don't think history looks upon him too favorably. 'Nuff said.
- wmf 18y agoyou can't have superior computing power like the "cloud" provides and expect to retain total transparency/privacy. Something has to give. Sure, but some people would prefer to give on price rather than privacy. Hopefully the market will continue to offer that choice.
- jodrellblank 18y ago'Respectable business people of note' have just overcooked the world economy and driven it up the embankment, through the hedge and are currently rolling it ass-over-teakettle through the nearest field, hoping desperately that someone built some bloody airbags into it somewhere. Anyway, if people want transparency/privacy enough to pay for it then 'theoretical leftist concerns' will suddenly become noteworthy and start appearing. As they already do with online ordering and banking and virtual private networks and so on.